What Country Legend Would Make the Best President?
Kanye West and Taylor Swift as a 2020 Presidential ticket?
Screw that. If we’re going to go dipping into the pool of musical performers to field Presidential candidates, then my vote would go for a country music legend rising to the forefront. And not just because I’m a country music fan, but because many of our legendary country artists have the history to connect with hard-working American citizens, the acumen, and in some cases, more skills and experience than some of the knuckleheads currently campaigning for your vote.
Here’s some country music legends who would make capable Presidential candidate.
P.S. – For the love of all things holy, please don’t bring your tired Facebook reactionary political opinions to this dark corner of the internet world. Please and thank you.
Loretta Lynn
” Strong on women’s issues (see her hits “The Pill” and “Rated ‘X'”).
” Authentic. What other presidential candidate can claim they’re a coal miner’s daughter? She’s able to connect with rural America and will look out for the working man and woman.
” Presidential notoriety. In 2013, Loretta Lynn was award the Presidential Medal of Freedom—the highest civilian award of the United States.
” She’s friends with Jack White (he producer her Van Lear Rose album), so she can deliver the hipster vote.
Kris Kristofferson
” An Oxford graduate and Rhodes Scholar, Kristofferson is as well-educated, or better educated than any other Presidential candidate currently in the field. (Random fact: one of his professors at Oxford was J.R.R. Tolkien)
” Distinguished military service. Kris Kristofferson rose to the rank of Captain in the army, was Ranger trained, and worked as a helicopter pilot. He was scheduled to become a literature professor at West Point when he received an honorable discharge to pursue songwriting. (Random fact: Kris once landed a helicopter on Johnny Cash’s lawn to hand-deliver songs for Cash to consider)
” Can connect with average people. After receiving his Oxford degree and finishing his military service, his first job in the music industry was as the janitor at Columbia Records in Nashville. (Random Fact: Kris was cleaning the wastebaskets when was Dylan cutting Blonde on Blonde.)
” He played President Andrew Jackson in the recent History Channel movie Texas Rising.
” He slept Janis Joplin, Joan Baez, Rita Coolidge, Carly Simon, and Barbara Streisand. Should count for something, right?
Dolly Parton
” Executive experience. As the owner of the Dollywood theme park, she knows how to manage people, maintain and improve infrastructure, and balance budgets.
” Hard working. Dolly Parton has written over 3,000 songs, and when you consider the importance of some of them like “I Will Always Love You,” “Jolene,” and “Coat of Many Colors,” Dolly’s not just about volume, she’s about quality.
” Dolly Parton is one of the greatest advocates for literacy in the world, helping to distribute more than 8.3 million free books to children across multiple countries annually, servicing over 1600 communities and almost 700,000 children every month through her Imagination Library program.
” Massive, gargantuan, bordering on elephantiasis-sized breasts. Those puppies most certainly could come into use when negotiating international trade deals, matters of national security, backup flotation devices if Air Force One ever goes down over the ocean, work with me here people. Better to have them around in a pinch than not, that’s all I’m saying.
Willie Nelson
” Recognized as one of the world’s greatest pacifists and men of peace.
” Strong on environmental issues, from the use of biofuels to preserving the environment.
” Few men have done as much for American farmers than Willie Nelson, from his annual Farm Aid concerts to other farmer advocacy work.
” White House experience. Willie Nelson once smoked marijuana on the roof of the White House during the Carter Administration—36 hours after being busted by customs agents in the Bahamas for marijuana possession and being deported from the island. It may not be very Presidential, but it certainly was a White House experience.
Merle Haggard
” Escaped from jail 17 times.
” Spending 2 years and 9 months at the legendary San Quentin Prison in California where he saw Johnny Cash perform.
” Okay on second thought, Merle Haggard makes a terrible Presidential candidate on paper, but how cool would it be to have Merle freaking Haggard as President ?!?
Kross
September 8, 2015 @ 8:35 am
Hank Jr. He’s the Donald Trump of country music. He sounds like he’s crazy, but he still saying what a lot of people are thinking.
Pool
September 8, 2015 @ 9:06 am
lmao, the “Donald Trump of Country Music” aaahahaha. tits, my friend, tits.
BwareDWare94
September 8, 2015 @ 9:54 am
Hank Jr. is a racist bigot. No thank you.
Cool Lester Smooth
September 9, 2015 @ 7:36 pm
I mean…he already said he was the Donald Trump of country music.
I don’t see the contradiction.
Michelle Codarmaz-Booth
September 8, 2015 @ 8:36 am
Charlie Daniel’s would make a fine president, I do believe.
sir topemhat
September 8, 2015 @ 9:05 am
I agree
BwareDWare94
September 8, 2015 @ 1:08 pm
No.
dave
September 11, 2015 @ 11:33 am
@ bwaredware94 Did u know Hank jrs best friend was Derrick Thomas of the kc chiefs and mike tellis derricks manager both black men and he wrote a song called cross on the highway and recorded it with a black minister and a all black choir….. Also a black man named rufus payne taught Hank sr how to play the guitar and Hank jr did extensive research to locate his son Henderson payne and put him on stage at the ryman and sang him a song he wrote about t tot (rufus payne) Hank also has a black drummer in his road band and recorded with ray Charles, lightning Hopkins and john lee hooker and plays black blues music on acoustic and was pretty much raised by a black housekeeper as a child……. Say what you wish and what fits your agenda But calling Hank Jr a racist is a outright lie
Fuzzy TwoShirts in Space
September 8, 2015 @ 8:47 am
This has got to be the best article I have ever read!!!! I think it should be Johnny Cash though… haha flotation devices… Kristofferson’s probably the best candidate though.
Jim
September 8, 2015 @ 8:48 am
I think Merle would make a great President. And he can play his own campaign songs – remember “Rebuild America First” from a few years ago?
Kale
September 8, 2015 @ 9:02 am
I hate to say this, but most of them would probably pass away while they were in office. But I would have to with Merle Haggard, because he’s the most likely to pass legislation that declares that for music to be classified as country, it must actually BE country;)
Kale
September 8, 2015 @ 9:14 am
On second thought, what about Hank Jr.? He’s the one be that gets into politics. BTW, he never compared Obama to Hitler. He said Democrats and Republicans playing golf was like Hitler playing golf with… that guy whose name I can’t spell. He didn’t say Obama was like Hitler or anything, all he said was that it was absurd for people who don’t agree to pretend to be friends, and he gave an outrageous example to prove his point. That’s it. Everybody just took that the wrong way and it got blown out of proportion.
Jack Williams
September 8, 2015 @ 9:35 am
In the same appearance, he called Obama “the enemy.” Hyberbolic though it may have been, I’m guessing that in his analogy, Boehner was to Netanyahu what Obama was to Hitler. But you’re right. He didn’t literally compare Obama to Hitler.
Pool
September 8, 2015 @ 9:04 am
if he was still around it would unarguably be Cash. The guy looked like he belonged on the side of Mt. Rushmore with out even trying.
sir topemhat
September 8, 2015 @ 9:07 am
Larry Gatlin, Charlie Daniels, Duane Allen (of the Oak Ridge Boys) or Aaron Tippin.
Jack Williams
September 8, 2015 @ 9:11 am
Marty Stuart.
Mike W.
September 8, 2015 @ 9:37 am
He would be excellent as well. He has shown throughout his career to be someone who is willing to shine a light on the issues we face at home like poverty and drug use in rural, small town America and Indian Reservations.
Sadly he has long passed, but I think Johnny Cash would have been a great pick as well. Stubborn-headed enough to not be willing to bend to the wills of special interest groups and filled with knowledge and understanding of the issues facing people across America.
Kale
September 8, 2015 @ 10:24 am
He and I share the same guitar teacher. That gives me more country cred than Cole Swindell, FGL, or Sam Hunt.
Matt
September 8, 2015 @ 9:13 am
Three words: David. Allan. Coe.
Jim Bob
September 8, 2015 @ 10:25 am
Best answer on this thread!
swiss
September 8, 2015 @ 7:57 pm
one word: Davis. Alan. Cole
Devil Anse
September 8, 2015 @ 9:25 am
I know he’s long gone, but imagine Roy Acuff running. He tried for governor, so it’s not that far fetched.
Just pray Garth doesn’t get any ideas… “Yes, I know Korea is threatening us with war, but don’t worry. They can download my album on Ghosttunes, and when they hear People Loving People, they’ll lay down their weapons.”
Mike W.
September 8, 2015 @ 9:32 am
I’ll say Jason Isbell, Will Hoge or Patterson Hood of DBT would all do well.
Sturgill Simpson would be awesome as well.
Basically, I want to see someone who can form coherent thoughts and can think through complex issues. I really don’t care what aisle they fall on politically, I just want a smart, intelligent, person to be in office. Personally, I think a terrible way to decide who to vote for is by determining who “you would like to have a beer with”.
Hank Jr. might say stuff that people are thinking, but the reality is like Trump is doing he is giving people what they want to hear without actually proposing substantive plans on how he would fix things. Hank Jr. basically comes off these days as that crazy Uncle in your family who says stuff and then when asked where he read that just says “I read it on the internet”.
Fuzzy TwoShirts in Space
September 8, 2015 @ 9:37 am
The problem is not that people in politics can’t form coherent thoughts. The problem is that the people VOTING can’t form coherent thoughts. That’s why they listen to Jason Aldean, watch the Kardashians, and vote for idiots.
Mike W.
September 8, 2015 @ 9:41 am
True. I have long felt that the pro-Redneck/Redneck pride movement that took over Country music around 2005 was just the start of people basically being proud of being stupid or uneducated. Bro-Country is much in the same vain, only now I have become convinced that the domestic beer companies are just pumping money into Music Row because the only because willing to drink the crap called Bud Light, Miller Lite, etc. are frat boys and college kids.
Fuzzy TwoShirts in Space
September 8, 2015 @ 10:17 am
Stupid is popular because it’s easy.
Eric
September 9, 2015 @ 2:21 am
Country music has never been targeted toward people with high levels of formal education. On the other hand, it has been thoughtful and wise, which are qualities that go beyond just knowledge or analytical ability.
Trigger
September 9, 2015 @ 8:26 am
Countrypolitan was specifically targeted to a more adult and dignified audience, though education was probably one of many factors that went into that demographic.
marky mark
September 8, 2015 @ 10:39 am
Funny, i can always count on you to bash Jason Aldean. actually, i was going to suggest Aldean. How great would it be to see him and all his fans pogoing around the white house lawns to 1994! …or just out riding around there on his Big Green Tractor (perhaps while sipping’ on a can of “feel good”). also, he has short fat arms, so he will not be able to reach into the average american citizens’ pockets.
Nadia Lockheart
September 8, 2015 @ 11:36 am
Let me guess Aldean’s campaign slogan! 😉
Jason Aldean: The Only Way America Knows
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Or:
Jason Aldean: Burnin’ America Down
(Hey, the latter wouldn’t be false advertising regardless of your interpretation of it! 😉 )
Adrian
September 8, 2015 @ 10:00 am
George Strait, who could pass for Bush 43, without the Bush fatigue. He doesn’t have sharp edges, and hasn’t talked much about politics, yet the Republican base doesn’t question his conservatism.
Though if I had to take a guess, of all the performers Nashville has produced, the most likely to run for a political office at some point in their lifetime would probably be Swift, followed by McGraw.
CAH
September 8, 2015 @ 10:05 am
Kinky for President.
F Minor to C
September 8, 2015 @ 10:20 am
Tom T Hall! Sincere, understands the common man, tells a great story, not afraid to tackle big issues, appeals to both liberals and conservatives (100 Children, Thoughts on the Flag) and still active!
Otherwise, Maddie for President and Tae for Vice. Because of womens’ rights and they’re hot.
Nadia Lockheart
September 8, 2015 @ 11:33 am
Maddie & Tae would be ineligible to run until 2030, though.
Cool Lester Smooth
September 9, 2015 @ 7:39 pm
And Taylor’s ineligible until 2024.
Carl
September 8, 2015 @ 11:05 pm
Plus they are Republicans!
Rick
September 8, 2015 @ 10:32 am
I’d gladly vote for Charlie Daniels, Hank Williams Jr., Aaron Tippin, or Darryl Worley for President based upon their printed public comments, what I’ve heard from the Opry stage, and their music. I’d include country music gals in that list but I can’t think of any that are outspoken conservatives at the moment…
Brandon
September 8, 2015 @ 10:51 am
Honestly, George Strait..lol
gtrman86
September 8, 2015 @ 10:57 am
Dale Watson for President!
Jack Williams
September 9, 2015 @ 5:56 am
Now that would be fun!
DimM
September 8, 2015 @ 11:03 am
There was a song back in 2000 i think , called ”Willie Nelson For president”.I vote for Willie!
Nadia Lockheart
September 8, 2015 @ 11:12 am
Patsy Cline would show true strength as a president, even if she rarely would work with Congress because of her no-nonsensical, independent streak.
Of those listed, I’d most likely vote for Willie Nelson. Some here may automatically dismiss him for being too soft on foreign policy, but I’m a pragmatic pacifist and we’ve had too many foreign policy hawks who have regurgitated the same script since the Franklin D. Roosevelt era. Also, we almost never hear about the environment anymore so Willie is exceptional in inspiring a green renaissance.
Chase Rice
September 8, 2015 @ 11:28 am
It certainly would not be me.
Nadia Lockheart
September 8, 2015 @ 11:30 am
Let me guess your campaign slogan:
Chase Rice: Because He Likes Jack Daniels & Jesus &………………Stuff
Fuzzy TwoShirts in Space
September 8, 2015 @ 12:52 pm
I wouldn’t elect you President of the poop-scooping committee, especially since you don’t seem to understand that crap belongs in a sewer, not on Country Radio.
John
September 8, 2015 @ 11:46 am
George Freakin’ Strait for president! haha Get “The Cowboy” in that oval office!
BlackHawgDown
September 8, 2015 @ 11:59 am
I’m surprised no one hasn’t thrown this name out yet but what about Alan Jackson as Pres? A six and a half foot tall Georgia boy is what we need on the world stage for negotiations. But only if he would make Lee Anne Womack his Press Secretary.
Nadia Lockheart
September 8, 2015 @ 12:11 pm
Just thought of some campaign slogans:
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Willie Nelson: Living For The Promiseland
George Strait: Love For God, Family & Country Without End, Amen
Loretta Lynn: You’re Lookin’ At Country
Dolly Parton: Light of a Clear American Blue Morning
Merle Haggard: Buildin’ America First
Luke Bryan: Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
Eric Church: Lotta Boot Still Left To Fill
Florida Georgia Line: Bumpin’ The White House
Cole Swindell: Brought To You By Beer
Sam Hunt: X2C4America
Uncle Ezra Ray: B.Y.H.B. (Bring Your Hot Ballots)
Smokey J.
September 8, 2015 @ 12:56 pm
I’d legit vote for Kristofferson, like, enthusiastically.
emfrank
September 8, 2015 @ 9:03 pm
Kris is hands down my first choice on the list… intelligence and experience wins. I think he’d rather stay in hiding in Hawaii, though.
Stephanie
September 9, 2015 @ 5:49 am
As soon as I saw the title, I thought, well OF COURSE Kris Kristofferson. And now I’m actually sad that it isn’t an option.
BwareDWare94
September 8, 2015 @ 1:59 pm
Imagine Red Sovine doing Fireside Chats in the style of one of his songs.
Bomber
September 8, 2015 @ 2:04 pm
I know he’s more of a cowboy music legend than country necessarily, but Chris LeDoux through and through.
Heavy Metal Cowboy
September 8, 2015 @ 2:19 pm
I think I’d be the best candidate for president.
Tim Jennings
September 8, 2015 @ 3:22 pm
Alan Jackson, Randy Travis, George Strait are all about the right age, right temperament….
Stephanie
September 9, 2015 @ 5:53 am
I would be willing to consider Alan Jackson for sure. He seems like a truly stand up guy. Which means he would never make it, sadly.
Cool Lester Smooth
September 9, 2015 @ 7:41 pm
I think Strait’s being royalty disqualifies him, though
Zack
September 8, 2015 @ 4:43 pm
I can imagine some mainstream slogans….
Luke Bryan: Sup America! I’m gonna “shake” things up!
Chase Rice: Listen, there’s a reason we ain’t never had no female president, it’s because it’s a man’s job! Merica!
Jerrod Niemann: I love animals. I’ve had experience riding a donkey so I know I’ll do our eagle proud…..at least until I can actually get back inside the top 30 again….
Florida Georgia Line: Vote 4 us 4 prezident or ur uh h8r!!
Blackjack Billy:………………….deez nuts! Ha! Got eem!
Sam Hunt: I’ve lied about a lot of things America, but one thing I can say for sure is that I love this country and I mean it!……btw just ignore the Hitler haircut
Tunesmiff
September 8, 2015 @ 4:45 pm
Since folks are worried about dead folks voting, my ticket would read:
Jennings / Cash
Of course this whole thread reminds me of a bumper sticker several cycles back:
SLIM PICKINS FOR PRESIDENT
Dusty
September 8, 2015 @ 4:47 pm
I think the legends most likely to dirty their reputations with politics are in the following generation — Vince Gill, Rosanne Cash. Dolly has turned down lots of requests to run for Governor of Tennessee. She could be Secretary of Education.
Arlene
September 8, 2015 @ 6:15 pm
Emmylou Harris. First, she already is widely respected by a cross-section of people and might help restore an element of civility to public discourse. Also, she knows her way around the White House; she grew up as s Marine Corp brat and after her father was released from a North Korean prison camp– he was a POW during the Korean War- he served as a helicopter pilot for every President from Eisenhower to Carter. She is smart– class Valedictorian with full college scholarship, although she dropped out so can’t be portrayed as a product of elitist educational institutions. As a single mother after her first divorce she was briefly on food stamps but when she made some money paid the government back! Who doesn’t trust and admire Emmylou?
ShadeGrown
September 8, 2015 @ 7:07 pm
Merle Haggard or Hank3. 3 strikes me as a libertarian, which is what we need in my opinion.
the deserter
September 8, 2015 @ 7:28 pm
What about Billy Joe Shaver. We need an ass kicker up there the wacko from Waco fits the bill
Pete Marshall
September 8, 2015 @ 8:23 pm
Ricky Van Shelton, Ricky Skaggs, or Steve Wariner
Pete Marshall
September 8, 2015 @ 8:25 pm
Garth Brooks? no he is too whiney
Tim McGraw, Sammy Kershaw, or Rodney Crowell.
CountryKnight
September 8, 2015 @ 8:56 pm
Josh Turner. Just so he could sing “Long Black Train” to Iran.
Acca Dacca
September 8, 2015 @ 9:07 pm
Kristofferson for 2020, with the ghost of Johnny Cash as Vice!
Adrian
September 8, 2015 @ 10:19 pm
Might we have Swift-McGraw in ’24?
Imagine the following scenario. Suppose Hillary Clinton loses the 2016 nomination to old man Biden, who runs on a liberal ticket with Senator Warren, and loses the general election to Jeb Bush. In ’24, the Dems will want to run a younger candidate. The clamor from the Democrat base for a female nominee would be deafening. And McGraw of Tennessee can help the party patch things up with blue collar white voters, reclaiming the Jacksonian wing of the party.
I don’t have a crystal ball, but if this were to come to pass I’ll be voting for the other ticket.
Eric
September 9, 2015 @ 2:24 am
Interestingly enough, Taylor Swift will be just barely old enough to serve as president on Inauguration Day in 2025, since she will turn 35 in December 2024.
Eric
September 9, 2015 @ 2:43 am
Also, I doubt that Jeb Bush will be the GOP nominee. From what I have observed, it seems like immigration is to the Republicans this year what the Iraq War was to Democrats back in 2008. Jeb Bush has boxed himself in by sticking strongly to his pro-legalization position.
After Trump, I think that Rubio and Walker (both of whom have backed off from their previous pro-legalization stances on immigration) are most likely to win the nomination, with the possibility of Cruz, Carson, or maybe Fiorina pulling off an upset. Of course, the next debate could change the rankings completely…
Adrian
September 9, 2015 @ 8:48 am
I agree that Jeb is unlikely to be elected President. There is still a lot of Bush fatigue, and I don’t think most of the American public wants the Presidency to become a family business.
I do not expect Trump to be nominated. His message on immigration seems similar to Pat Buchanan’s message back in the 1990s. Angry candidates do not normally win national elections in this country. Candidates with optimistic messages win.
Nadia Lockheart
September 9, 2015 @ 10:42 am
But angry candidates frequently fare better in party primaries.
Highly partisan voters tend to outnumber pragmatists in primaries. Then, come general election time, voters are comparatively more practical in their choices instead of emotional.
RD
September 10, 2015 @ 9:18 am
This is not what happens in primaries versus general elections. Primaries tend to attract the true believers or party devotees, as well as the people who actually know or care about an issue/s or cause/s, however misguided, uninformed, and uneducated they may be. The “great middle” or as you say, the “pragmatists” are the morons who fall for the bread and circuses or make their decision based on what their favorite actor, or MTV, FoxNews, or CNN tells them. There is never really any actual decision to make, as both parties are basically the same, and have agreed that no real issues will ever be discussed or debated. Their willing accomplices in the media see to it that this is carried out. How could you ever be “undecided” about which warfare/welfare/globalist/statist/corporatist to vote for? The answer is always “none of the above.”
RD
September 10, 2015 @ 9:09 am
Buchanan was not then and is not now “angry.” He is a smart, congenial person that has always been well-liked by pundits on both sides of the aisle. I was fortunate enough to meet him while I was in college. I was a political science major and he came to our campus to speak. It was pretty funny to see the Marxist professors, who continually trashed Buchanan and any other person who was to the right of Mao, interact cordially with Buchanan. He couldn’t have been nicer and it was disarming to the communists who were too cowardly to tell him that they were wearing red underwear and hated his guts. In our degraded culture, and among the mass of feminized, infantile sheeple, a strongly-held belief is considered “anger” or “hate.”
Carl
September 8, 2015 @ 11:09 pm
I would vote for George Strait in a heartbeat.
I wonder how angry liberals would be over Loretta Lynn’s quote over gay marriage(From the Boot): “says that she holds a more conservative outlook on many things, including marriage. “‘I”™m still an old Bible girl,” she asserts. “God said you need to be a woman and man, but everybody to their own.'”
Eric
September 9, 2015 @ 2:37 am
No reason to be angry. Loretta Lynn was born in 1932 (and in Eastern Kentucky to boot, one of the most socially conservative areas of the country). The most significant dividing line on the gay marriage issue is generational, after all.
RD
September 9, 2015 @ 6:13 am
That is a pretty weak defense of marriage, if it even is one…
Cool Lester Smooth
September 9, 2015 @ 7:45 pm
Yeah, I mean she says in that quote “everybody to their own.”
That’s all anyone has ever asked for.
CountryKnight
February 16, 2023 @ 9:09 pm
Not in 2023.
It is now completely agree or be eradicated.
Eric
September 9, 2015 @ 2:48 am
Unfortunately, Trigger, 4 of the 5 candidates on your list are probably too old to win. Only Dolly Parton is of an acceptable age to most voters.
Trigger
September 9, 2015 @ 8:24 am
Party pooper 😉
JT
September 9, 2015 @ 6:32 am
Charlie Daniels
RD
September 9, 2015 @ 6:39 am
I enjoy mocking the sham that is our political process, so on the rare occasion that I actually do vote, I like to write in names of long-dead patriots, populists, or heroes of the past. On various occasions I’ve written in Father Denis Fahey, Sam Francis, Pope Pius X, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Larry McDonald, George Wallace, Joe McCarthy, John C. Calhoun, William Jennings Bryan, Father John B. Bannon, Jim Trafficant, Ezra Pound, Thomas Dixon, Jr., Pope Pius IX, Derek Warfield, John Randolph of Roanoke, Walter Brennan, Gore Vidal, Mel Bradford, etc.
If I had to pick one unqualified country singer to be President of this hellish mess, I’d probably choose Lee Johnson…
CountryKnight
September 9, 2015 @ 12:05 pm
Mickey Mouse has my vote.
ax10
September 9, 2015 @ 3:47 pm
Aside from Kristofferson, the others are not going to do any good. Kris has the background and experience. Willie Nelson has good ideas though.
Charlie and Hank Jr. are bigots. Another conservative Texan (George Strait) is the last thing we need in the Whitehouse.
As for Lorretta, she has a right to oppose Gay Marriage. I will just say she is overrated in terms of opening doors for women. A decade before the world knew anything of Ms. Lynn, Peggy Lee (much more progressive socially than Lynn) was producing her own albums and shows, something that was certainly rare in those days.
Eric
September 9, 2015 @ 10:54 pm
What bigoted comment did Charlie Daniels make?
Given that George Strait virtually never talks politics, we can’t say whether or not he is conservative.
Peggy Lee was not a country singer, and so I do not see how she fits into this discussion.
Cool Lester Smooth
September 9, 2015 @ 7:46 pm
Willie’s White House experience puts him firmly over the rest, IMO.
Kristofferson wouldn’t be a bad choice either, haha.
Anna
September 10, 2015 @ 8:25 am
Natalie Maines for President!!!
Dean
September 10, 2015 @ 5:22 pm
George Strait without a doubt
hoptowntiger
September 10, 2015 @ 6:23 pm
I was going to comment and suggest Steve Earle when I originally read your article, but opted not to. However, I was reading today that Earle is releasing a song tomorrow, “Mississippi, it’s Time,” denouncing the Confederate flag.
Although, I am against the obliterating the Confederate flag from our heritage and feel those who do are deflecting attention from the real issues, it’s just another example of Earle’s optical views. I’d vote for him!
Cool Lester Smooth
September 10, 2015 @ 9:46 pm
Not trying to start the crazy train again, but I do feel that there’s a difference between “obliterating our heritage” and not flying a hate symbol on government ground. Anyone who wants anything more is being unreasonable.
Shane Mcburnett
September 10, 2015 @ 9:33 pm
Great article
Brett Dale
September 12, 2015 @ 12:47 am
Garth Brooks: Will Support Gay Marriage and rightly so.
Big on the environment.
Big on womens issue.
Would also be good on economic issues I feel.
Free Speech and has always supported the troops.
If I was an American I would vote for him.
Ian
November 17, 2021 @ 5:06 am
Hank Snow!